Chapter 5 of The Sixth Sense: A Novel is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of The Sixth Sense: A Novel is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FIRST ROUND "BRASSBOUND: You are not my guest: you are my prisoner. SIR HOWARD: Prisoner? BRASSBOUND: I warned you. You should have taken my warning. SIR HOWARD: ...
Chapter 5 of The Sixth Sense: A Novel is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading “THE FIRST ROUND "BRASSBOUND: You are not my guest: you are my prisoner.”
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
From this reading “SIR HOWARD: Prisoner?”
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “THE FIRST ROUND "BRASSBOUND: You are not my guest: you are my prisoner.”
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading “THE FIRST ROUND "BRASSBOUND: You are not my guest: you are my prisoner.”
term of address for a man
From this reading “SIR HOWARD: Prisoner?”
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading “You should have taken my warning.”
past form of “warn” — notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
From this reading “BRASSBOUND: I warned you.”
a message informing of danger
From this reading “You should have taken my warning.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE FIRST ROUND "BRASSBOUND: You are not my guest: you are my prisoner.
inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable
From this reading THE FIRST ROUND "BRASSBOUND: You are not my guest: you are my prisoner.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading THE FIRST ROUND "BRASSBOUND: You are not my guest: you are my prisoner.
a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading THE FIRST ROUND "BRASSBOUND: You are not my guest: you are my prisoner.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You should have taken my warning.
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
From this reading SIR HOWARD: Prisoner?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading BRASSBOUND: I warned you.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE FIRST ROUND "BRASSBOUND: You are not my guest: you are my prisoner.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE FIRST ROUND "BRASSBOUND: You are not my guest: you are my prisoner.
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading THE FIRST ROUND "BRASSBOUND: You are not my guest: you are my prisoner.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading THE FIRST ROUND "BRASSBOUND: You are not my guest: you are my prisoner.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading You should have taken my warning.
term of address for a man
From this reading SIR HOWARD: Prisoner?
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading You should have taken my warning.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRST ROUND "BRASSBOUND: You are not my guest: you are my prisoner.
past form of “warn” — notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
From this reading BRASSBOUND: I warned you.
a message informing of danger
From this reading You should have taken my warning.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE FIRST ROUND "BRASSBOUND: You are not my guest: you are my prisoner.
Chapter 5 of The Sixth Sense: A Novel by Stephen McKenna holds 385 sentences, grouped into 77 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 5 holds 385 sentences of The Sixth Sense: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
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Work through the 77 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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